Collar clasp



Oct. 28. 1924. 1,513.079

c. E. WOLF COLLAR CLASP Filed Nov. 10 1923 I N VEN TOR.

l b/01f" ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 28, 1924.

CHARLES E. WOLF, OF DUBUQUE, IOVJA.

COLLAR CLASP.

Application filed November 10, 1923.

1 b all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. /VoLr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar Clasps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to clasps, and particularly to a clasp for attaching a collar to a shirt.

The main object of the invention is to provide a clasp of this character particu- 1 larly adapted to take the place of the button at the back of the collar band of the shirt and which will do away with the necessity of using the ordinary collar button and buttoning and unbuttoning the collar at the back to this collar button.

A further object is to provide a clip of this character which is so constructed that it cannot become. accidentally unfastened from the collar, which will remain within the collar when the collar is removed, which is flat and will not roll when dropped and will not bulge the collar or press on the b ack of the neck, and which will allow the tie or cravat to slip in the collar without interference, and which will clip or clamp upon the outer wall of the usual collar button pocket formed at the rear of the neck band so that the clip may be used no matter how large or worn the buttonhole in the shirt may be.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar clasp constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through a collar band and a collar showing my clasp applied thereto, the clasp being shown in section;

F igure 3 is an end elevation of the clasp;

Figure l is a front elevation thereof;

Figure 5 is a face view of the blank.

Referring to these drawings, it will be seen that the clip is made of a single strip of thin metal, the blank of the clip being shown in Figure 5. This strip of thin metal is formed to provide a relatively wide and long portion which is slightly curved and which is disposed against the collar Serial No. 6234,01 2.

band a and between this collar band a and the downwardly extending wall 6 of the usual pocket formed in the back of the neck band for the reception of the collar button head. The blank is also formed to provide a portion 11, thecdges of which are convergent away from the part 10, this portion 11 being bent up at a very acute angle to the part 10. The part 11 terminates in a relatively narrow neck and the part 12, which has a length nearly equal to that of the portion 10, is formed at the extremity of this neck. This part 12 is bent downward and extends 10, and it will be seen that this part 12 extends outward beyond the neck 13, as at The parts 10 andll are brought into close approximation, and in the use of this device the clip so formed between the parts 10 and 11 .is forced upward to embrace the wall a, as shown in Figure 2, and clipped thereon. The part 12 is designed to be inserted in and engage with the rear buttonhole of a collar, and this part is so formed that it can be readily inserted in the ordinary sized collar buttonhole and when inserted and turned to proper position it will so engage with this buttonhole that the clip cannot be accidentally disengaged from the collar buttonhole. After the clip has been placed upon the collar with the portion 10 on the inside of the collar, the collar may be readily engaged with the wall 6 of the shirt neck band by simply slipping the clip upward under the wall 6 on the collar band. The part 10 does not enter into the buttonhole and, therefore, no matter how large or worn the buttonhole in the neck band may be, the clip holds the collar to the shirt. The slight projection 14 on each side of the part 12 that enters the collar buttonhole prevents the clip from sliding out of the collar at any time and under any strain while being worn. Thus this clip cannot he accidentally unfastened from the collar and the clip remains in the collar when the collar is removed, which prevents the clip from being lost. The plate 10 is given a slight curve so that it enters the neck band of the shirt very readily and conforms to the shape of the neck. This also facilitates the inserting of the device in the collar, giving additional grip to hold as it is very parallel to the part flat. Due to the clip being initially inserted in the collar buttonhole, the collar is put on without effort, it slips into engage, ment with the shirt by simple upward movement of the collar and clip.

T: will be particularly noted that the portion 11 Which connects the'collar engaging part 12 with the neck band engaging part 1.0 has a length at one end practically equal the length of the part and at its opposite end it has a relatively narrow neck 13 having a Width equal to the usual button hole in a collar and that tiis narrow neck xtends over into the same plane as the gart 12. ll the part 11 had the same Width the part 13 all the Way down to the lower edge of the plate l0, there would be tendency of the plate 10 then to cut, as sharp corners would be formed upon the plate; nor would there be the same amount oi: strength as there is in my structure.

It will be obvious that the device may be made of any desired metal or even of celluloid, that it may be very cheaply made, and

that it has been found very effective in actual use.

l clain'iz collar clasp comprising an approximately rectangular thin metal plate longitudinally curved, a portion integral With and extending from the lower edge of the plate upward at an acute angle. thereto, said portion at its junction with the plate having the same iengthas that of the plate but being reduced in length from its part remote from the plate to form a relatively narrow neck, and an integral, downwardly extending, collar-engagin portion joining the second named portion at the neck and extending beyond the neck on each side, this collar-engaging portion being flat-and having rounded edges and the narrow neck eX- tending over into the plane of the collar engaging portion.

In testimony whereof I hereunto signature.

onannns E. WOLF. 

